Thursday 5 April 2012

GYROS, OF A SORT

Last summer, our family holiday was a fortnight in Greece.  Lots of memorable foodie moments,
one of which was the delicious 'Gyros' street food.

 Traditionally made with pork but I made mine with beef skirt - as I said, Gyros, of a sorts.
Pretty darn good, if say so myself.


If you fancy a try, this is how 
I marinated 1.5Ib of beef skirt in finely chopped clove of garlic and a table spoon
of red wine vinegar and left for an hour.


 Meanwhile, I made up a few pizza bases in the bread maker 
but you could just buy some round pittas.


And made a kind of guacamole dip by mashing four cloves of chopped pickled garlic
with one avocado and a simple onion and Greek yogurt dip.


Char grill the beef skirt in a griddle pan for 3-4 minutes each side depending on
how rare you like your meat. 
Remove from the pan onto a chopping board and thinly slice.



Load up with the dips, a few leaves of rocket, sliced tomato and cucumber and
top with the beef skirt and a handful of chips - homemade or from the local chippy!




4 comments:

  1. Just came back from greece and am already reminded of it! must say yours look much more deluxe, i don't remember having mashed avocado in mine nor rocket!

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    1. hello Shu Han,
      We loved these when we were in Greece too, your right though not usually found with Avacado, Rocket, or steak for that matter but i had some so it went in.
      It worked a treat!

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  2. Simple onion end greek yogurt dip - is it literally sliced onions in yogurt? as going to try this as looks wonderful

    Pat

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    1. Hi Pat,
      Traditionally, you would use tzatziki (cucumber, lemon, garlic, mint or dill, mixed with Greek yoghurt) but I didn't have the ingredients in so yes I literally sliced onions and mixed with yoghurt.
      Hope you enjoy :)

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